“We also have our own protocol, in terms of management, it is one of the drugs being considered of being effective for possibly fighting the coronavirus, but we have to wait for the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, which is our primary contact with ...
The Federal Government, yesterday, said though Chloroquine Phosphate is one of the drugs being considered to be effective to added to the protocol for the management of Coronavirus, it has not been confirmed by the World Health Organisation .
Minister of State for Health, Dr. Olorunnimbe Mamora, who disclosed this while fielding questions from journalists, yesterday, in Abuja, said: “We also have our own protocol, in terms of management, it is one of the drugs being considered of being effective for possibly fighting the coronavirus, but we have to wait for the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control , which is our primary contact with the WHO. It is better to wait”.
“By the time they did X-ray, they discovered that those on Chloroquine had better lung imaging with findings than those on the controlled therapy and that there was promotion of the virus negative conversion rate. “These are still early findings that need to be validated with more trials before we can say Chloroquine is the treatment of choice. There are other treatment regimens that are being considered.
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